The chess games of Irina Krush

I Krush

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Irina Krush
Number of games in database: 688
Years covered: 1996 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2470
Highest rating achieved in database: 2495
Overall record: +246 -181 =211 (55.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      50 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Nimzo Indian (82)
    E32 E39 E34 E38 E44
King's Indian (34)
    E94 E73 E99 E90 E92
Slav (33)
    D15 D11 D12 D10 D17
Queen's Gambit Declined (26)
    D31 D35 D36 D30 D37
Queen's Pawn Game (22)
    A41 A46 E00 A40 D05
Grunfeld (18)
    D85 D87 D70 D86 D97

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (138)
    B63 B28 B52 B23 B22
Queen's Gambit Accepted (43)
    D27 D20 D23 D26 D25
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (31)
    B63 B67 B62 B60 B65
Queen's Pawn Game (28)
    A40 D02 A45 D00 E00
King's Indian (19)
    E60 E98 E90 E97 E92
Slav (16)
    D11 D10 D15 D17 D16

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Korchnoi vs I Krush, 2007 0-1
   I Krush vs K B Richardson, 2007 1-0
   O Zambrana vs I Krush, 2003 0-1
   I Krush vs Nakamura, 2001 1-0
   I Krush vs Akopian, 2007 1-0
   I Krush vs Shabalov, 2007 1-0
   I Krush vs Kaidanov, 2010 1-0
   I Krush vs A Levina, 2003 1-0
   I Krush vs Kosteniuk, 2008 1-0
   I Krush vs E Vicary, 2007 1-0

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IRINA KRUSH
(born Dec-24-1983) Ukraine (citizen of United States of America)

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WGM; IM (2001); 5-time US women's champion.

Irina Krush was born in Odessa, Ukraine. She learned chess in 1989, the same year she and her family moved to the United States. At age 12 she became a master. In 1998 she won the U.S. Women's Championship, becoming the youngest-ever holder of that title, and lost a short match to John Fedorowicz by 1.5-2.5 (+0 -1 =3). The following year she tied for first place in the female section of the World Junior Championship. Pascal Charbonneau is her ex-husband. She achieved the "men's" International Master title in 2000, and earned a GM-norm in 2001 by tying for first place at the Mayor's Cup International Tournament in New York City. Krush played second board for the silver-medal-winning American team at the 36th Olympiad, Women (2004) and returns at the same board for the 2010 (Women's) Olympiad. In 2007 she reclaimed the title of U.S. Women's Champion, and repeated that feat in 2010, 2012 and 2013. She qualified for the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012), and beat Singapore IM Li Ruofan and Swedish GM Pia Cramling in the early rounds before bowing out in the tiebreaker to the third round to WGM Huang Qian.

Wikipedia article: Irina Krush

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Y Dembo vs I Krush	1-0	30	1996	Wch U14 Disney Girls	B89 Sicilian
2. I Krush vs Wang Yu	0-1	36	1996	Wch U14 Girls	A56 Benoni Defense
3. I Krush vs L Khusnutdinova	1-0	33	1997	Wch U14 Girls	D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2
4. Sherzer vs I Krush	1-0	43	1998	World op	B56 Sicilian
5. Nakamura vs I Krush	1-0	62	1998	Cardoza US op	B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
6. Dzindzichashvili vs I Krush	½-½	55	1999	Koltanowski Team Match	A07 King's Indian Attack
7. I Krush vs D Zilberstein	1-0	44	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. I Krush vs Browne	½-½	74	1999	Browne - Krush match	E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
9. E Perelshteyn vs I Krush	1-0	24	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	B08 Pirc, Classical
10. I Krush vs A Schenk	1-0	58	1999	WCh U18 Boys	E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
11. I Krush vs DeFirmian	½-½	29	1999	Koltanowski Team Match	E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
12. J Shahade vs I Krush	1-0	70	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
13. Browne vs I Krush	1-0	45	1999	Browne - Krush match	D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
14. I Krush vs Zaremba	1-0	41	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. I Krush vs Browne	1-0	38	1999	Koltanowski Team Match	E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
16. I Krush vs G Braylovsky	1-0	52	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	A15 English
17. I Krush vs M Martinez	½-½	63	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	E10 Queen's Pawn Game
18. I Krush vs Browne	0-1	30	1999	Browne - Krush match	E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad
19. V Bhat vs I Krush	1-0	51	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	B23 Sicilian, Closed
20. I Krush vs Barsov	1-0	44	1999	Hampstead GM 5th	E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
21. H Akopyan vs I Krush	0-1	40	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
22. Browne vs I Krush	1-0	47	1999	Browne - Krush match	D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
23. I Krush vs D Schneider	1-0	65	1999	Ch USA (juniors), San Francisco (USA)	D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
24. N Zhukova vs I Krush	1-0	36	2000	WCC	D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
25. Grischuk vs I Krush	1-0	35	2000	3rd Torshavn International	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf


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Feb-24-13		waustad: <HeHateMe>It appears that they are no longer married, if her WIKI page is accurate.

Feb-24-13		HeMateMe: Pascal seems to be retired from chess, putting his brains into the business or IT world. She still wants to play. The separation brought on by all the travel can be tough on a marriage.

Mar-02-13		waustad: I was looking for games for the women's team championships, but today is arrival day, not the first day for games. As usual, the FIDE site gives the days of the games but doesn't mention the time. I did find a city with a time zone widget that is the same time zone with Novosibirsk. Astana, Kazakhstan is at GMT + 6.

Mar-02-13		HeMateMe: ...that would be 11 hours earlier than EST, USA?

Mar-02-13		cro777: Women's World Chess Team Championship - Astana (Kazakhstan) 2013 Round 1 starts on Sunday (March 3) at 15:00 local time. Participants: China, Russia, Ukraine, India, Romania, France, USA, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey 4 players + 1 reserve player Each team shall play one match against every other team. The place will be determined by the number of match points (2-1-0).

Mar-02-13		cro777: Irina will play on board 2 for the United States. 1 Anna Zatonskykh (2491) 2 Irina Krush (2460) 3 Tatev Abrahamyan (2300) 4 Sabina Foisor (2313) 5 Viktorija Ni (2263)

Mar-02-13		cro777: The Russian team (which won the Chess Olympiad last September and took three silver medals in previous Women�s World team championships) will play without two top players, Nadezhda and Tatiana Kosintseva. A symmetrical reply from their main rival - China will be playing without Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue. As a result, the competition will be much tougher: at least four teams will be in serious contention for gold (sorted by average rating) - Georgia, Russia, Ukraine and China. Women�s World Champion Anna Ushenina will play on board 1 for Ukraine and it will be her first official event since she won the title.

Mar-03-13		waustad: Here is a link to the web site for the team champs: http://astana2013.fide.com/

Mar-03-13		cro777: In Round 1 Irina defeated WIM Gulmira Dauletova of Kazakhstan (USA-Kazakhstan 2-2) Krush- Dauletova. Position after 71...Kxc4 click for larger view According to endgame tablebases this is draw. The game continued 72.f5 Kd5 73.g4 Rb1 74.Kh5 Rg1?? (Loses. 74...Re1 is draw) 75.g5 Ke5 76.f6?? (76.Kg6 wins) Ke6 77.g6 Rg2?? (77...Rh1+ is draw) 78.Kh6 Rh2+ 79.Kg7 Rf2 80.Bd8 Rd2 click for larger view 81.f7 Rd7 82.Kg8 1-0 Anna Zatonskykh and Irina Krush at the beginning of Round 1. http://astana2013.fide.com/images/s...

Mar-10-13		Illogic: Krush has been the star of the U.S. team so far, still undefeated and beating Kosteniuk today.

Mar-10-13		uzeromay: Yes, she's making us proud. Kudos!! Keep up the good work.

Mar-11-13		uzeromay: Continues to impress. Just beat women's world champion Anna Ushenina. Great job!

Mar-11-13		notyetagm: Yep, she just beat Women World Champions Kosteniuk and Ushenina back to back.

Mar-11-13		waustad: With a performance rating of 2602 before the win today over Ushenina, this could be a GM norm for her.

Mar-11-13		tamar: United States struggling, but Krush shines today.

Mar-12-13		uzeromay: Congrats to Irina Krush for winning first place on your board in Astana. Fabulous performance.

Mar-12-13		SVarden: I agree. It was a gutsy performance with a 2607 performance rating. But can a player earn a GM norm in a team event? After all, one's opponent in a given game might force a draw in a superior position if the draw secures a team victory. Does anyone know? Thanks.

Mar-12-13		hellopolgar: Go Irina, she just got her second GM norm!

Mar-12-13		waustad: Yes <Svarden> team events can be used for norms. You can find out the rules here: http://www.fide.com/component/handb...

Mar-12-13		Just Another Master: Well done Irina, please dont give up the commentary though, GingerGm might have been your good luck charm, as long as your mark:}

Mar-12-13		Travis Bickle: Hello Irina, we used to play on WorldChessNetwork 2 minute blitz. I miss your friday night audio shows! Congrats on your 2nd GM norm!! Travis ; P

Mar-17-13		HeMateMe: Congrats to Irina, gold medal on board 2 (ahead of Ushenina and Kosteniuk!)at the world championships in Kazakhstan. Nice photos over on chessbase.

Mar-22-13		Jambow: Ok I'm hoping for an indepth interview on the USCF website. Irina put on a show winning against a former womens world champion, followed by defeating the current womens world champion. The game against Ushenina looked like a 2700 player very impressive. Irina seems like she works hard which is finally catching up with her. Kudos and congrats young lady, 2500 elo on the horizion and hopefully the coveted GM nors needed also.

May-06-13		hellopolgar: <Jul-14-10 hellopolgar: The skill-levels and ratings of Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih are strikingly similar, but looking at both of their notable games, I do think that a well-performing-Irina is a tad stronger than a well-performing-Anna.> it looks like I couldn't have been more spot-on... https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

May-13-13		HeMateMe: Well done Irina. Congratulations on winning the 2013 USA championship. It was an absolutlely Fischeresque performance, so I think the tournament organizers should compromise and give you $32K. [One mans opinion.] Wouldn't it have been exciting to have the title decided on a blitz five minute tie breaker? (Just kidding.)

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